Alix is passionate about boosting collective mental well-being. She founded Grit Workshops in 2015 after experiencing first-hand the challenges of supporting someone through a mental health struggle and realizing how scarce resources were. Driven to make a difference, she dove deeply into the neuroscience of mindfulness and developed a program—initially designed to support youth, and later expanded to empower adults.

 

As an educator and facilitator, she brings over 25 years of teaching experience, curiosity about the human condition, lived experience with mental illness and a genuine joy for researching, learning and sharing.

 

She is a parent, a certified meditation teacher, and a passionate facilitator.

 

Grit has been welcomed into over 30 schools across Greater Vancouver since 2022 and thousands of kids have enjoyed the benefits of getting on the ‘brain-train (aka mindful meditation).